My wife drives a Lexus. For some reason they decided it's a good idea for the sideview mirrors to point downward whenever the car is in reverse. Completely silly in a small car like hers, especially with a standard factory backup camera, but for a lifted F350 it really would be a great idea. i find myself constantly lowering my passenger side mirror when I back into a spot to see where the rear tire is in relation to the line. Anyone ever try to do something like this?

It definitely would be cool but very hard to do. You'd have to get it so the mirror stops once it reaches full down which may not be too hard but the real problem is when you put it in drive. You'd have to have a memory module or something to make to remember to stop where you previously had it. I've only ever seen the auto-down reverse mirrors on vehicles with memory seats, memory mirrors, etc.

I agree would be very complex to build, having some small motor to turn them up and down with a servo and some memory module. Best thing is adjust your blind spots so you can see parking lines and with a slight tilt of your head you can see rear tires. Thats how I have mine, I love those mirrors.

Dang soon the trucks will drive themselfs I mean look at all the new electronics on the 2013 explorer the dang thing auto adjusts the cruse control when you come with in a certain distance. I like having electronics and stuff but some of this is uncalled for I take pride in knowing how to back up my truck (I have backup sensors off all the time). I watched a 16 year old girl parellel park a 2005 Dodge Duelly CCLB work truck. So if she can do it I hope I can park my Dads CCLB SRW truck and my 2005 EX. To each his own I guess

Register Now

In order to be able to post messages on the Ford Powerstroke Diesel Forum forums, you must first register.
Please enter your desired user name, your email address and other required details in the form below.

User Name:

Password

Please enter a password for your user account. Note that passwords are case-sensitive.

Password:

Confirm Password:

Email Address

Please enter a valid email address for yourself.

Email Address:

State/Province

What state or province do you live in?

Security Question

*Required, this field is not shown to others. Enter the last two characters of the word "Powerstroke"

Security Question #2

*Required, this field is not shown to others.
"While balancing on a piece of wood, two inches by four inches known as a 2x4, john and his friend sally both spotted a dalmatian inside a truck with sirens, headed to put out a fire. State the animal mentioned in the sentence above."

Insurance

Please select your insurance company (Optional)

Log-in

User Name

Remember Me?

Password

Human Verification

In order to verify that you are a human and not a spam bot, please enter the answer into the following box below based on the instructions contained in the graphic.